Sicily

(Kummer). During Islāmic conquest, Arab traders carried dried noodles to Sicily in the 8th century. They did this as the noodles made quick and nutritious meals in their travel to Sicily, by the silk route where it connects to the oriental cultures such as India and China. This trade lead to creation of the word ‘macaroni’ is said to be derived from Sicilian word, which means 'made into a dough by force'. And then the sailors from Sicily took pasta with them to the Italy. Pasta became famous…

5 The Punic wars are series of three conflicts between the Carthaginian republic and the Roman republic; they last about a century. These wars mainly based on a conflict of interests between both Romans and Carthaginians. The first one wanted the Sicily that the Carthaginians controlled, and the last one to control Italy and the Mediterranean. Indeed historian related that at the beginning of the First Punic War, Carthage was a dominant power in the Mediterranean Sea, an important rival of the…

Giuseppe Garibaldi, born Joseph Marie Garibaldi, was born on July 4th, 1807 in Nice, France, and died in Caprera, Italy on July 2nd, 1882 at the age of 79. Garibaldi, with the assistance of Camillo di Cavour, was able to help Italy become a united nation. Camillo was the brains of the operation, but Garibaldi used his brawn, and became the known as the militia force of the duo. They finally succeeded in unifying Italy in the year of 1840. Giuseppe Garibaldi had ideas of revolution from a…

on the island of Sicily. When the war began, Rome used land tactics at sea which hadn’t been done before. Their newly formed navy would ram enemy ships and use “boarding bridges” to board Carthaginian ships. This allowed them to do something they were good at: hand-to-hand combat. After twenty-three years of fighting, Carthage finally asked for peace. The Romans granted it to them, for a price. Carthage had to pay a large amount of money and give up their colonies on Sicily. The second…

Sicily and Naples had their fair share of the 17 ͭ ͪ century crisis, too. However, we should point out that the southern Italy had some unique features in this context. They were mainly stemmed from the geopolitical background of the region. Therefore, the…

the King of Sicily. Frederic ended the fighting between the Lombard tribes and incorporated Abruzzo into the Kingdom of Sicily, forever entwining the region into the southern politics of Italy. Frederic united the former feudal states of Abruzzo into a single province and in 1230 founded L’Aquila that remains the capital city today. In 1268, long after Frederic II’s death, a war broke out between the current Holy Roman Emperor Conradin, Frederic’s grandson and the current King of Sicily, Charles…

from city-states barren of those resources. These resources, the wealth-driven economy and political system drove the power of Carthage to a near-equal of Rome. Later, a divided kingdom in Sicily had arose in conflict, a defeated mercenary group would eventually either seek to Rome or a domestic territory in Sicily, Carthage; an equal choice, being that they were both so similar in size and power. It was at this point Rome saw Carthage’s growing power at this time, and defended robbers against…

These people both committed very bad crimes in Sicily and Peru respectively. Some things that these people did were bad in the same way Alberto Fujimori was the president of Peru from July 28, 1990 to 22 November, 2000. During this time Fujimori played a part in kidnappings and killings, accepted bribes and embezzled money from the Peruvian treasury. Later on Fujimori was convicted of illegal search and seizure. Verres was governor of Sicily for three years. During this time Verres extorted…

My reasoning for selecting Italy as my study abroad destination can be attributed to my love for genealogy. My research on the well-known Ancestry.com website dates back to 2012 where there has since been an addition of over 1000 members to my family tree. After learning that my maternal second great-grandfather moved to the United States from Italy in the late 1800 to early 1900’s, my interest has broadened to learning more about my ethnicity. Results from an AncestryDNA test further promotes…

returns home with his girlfriend to introduce her to the family. When his father is nearly assassinated, Michael offers to avenge this and murder the men responsible. Later in the movie, the families conflict and begin fighting, so Michael travels to Sicily. This demonstrates an internal conflict in Michael, as he is unsure about whether or not to be involved with the…